Chapter 17

10% PlanO Lincoln’s plan-10% of voters take oath, apply for

admission, generous pardonsO peaceO bring states back into the Union O build up a Republican party in the South by

attracting former Whigs. O Radical Republicans -Congress should control re-

admission =Wade-Davis BillO Lincoln's plan too lenient. O Lincoln vetoed a Radical plan in 1864, O by war's end moving in the direction of the

Radicals.

Johnson’s PlanO Against wealthy planter class- RacistO Officials had to apply for presidential

pardonO More lenientO South defied his planO Clash with congress-eventually Republicans

take 2/3 majority in both housesO Rights of African AmericansO Freedman's BureauO 14th Amendment

Congressional Reconstruction 1867

O Unreconstructed states under military control

O Af. Am. Allowed to vote- not conf. officersO Suffrage and ratify 14th AmendmentO Tenure of Office Act

O Impeachment-for violating by trying to fire Radical in cabinet

O Conspiring to obstruct reconstruction- acquitted- impeachment for political weapon?

O Resistance by White Southerners

Reconstruction in southO Black office holdingO White Republicans Divided

O Scalawags- white southern RepublicansO Carpet baggers- white Republicans from North

O New State Govts. O Economic issues and Corruption

O Bribes, kickbacks from RRs, franchises and contracts

O Southern Debt increasesO Boss Tweed Ring Scandal

Aspirations and experiences of black southerners

O Diff. times for diff. groupsO Freedom- to move, change employment,

names, family, church, educationO Freedman’s Bureau- supervise freedom from

slaveryO Tools of planter class- congress shutdownO Most effective in protecting civil rights

O Planters -seeking physical and psychological separation from former slaves. O old paternalist ideal to segregation. O based on segregation and sharecropping.

Abandonment of ReconstructionO RACISM

O Used violence, terror and political assassinationsO Control votes

O Republicans divided over politics and optionsO Weak Northern opinionO Grant elected- pass 15th Amendment

O Lacked moral and political commitment to Reconstruction

O corruptionO Amnesty Act- restore confederate votesO Liberal Republicans-backed by Dems. GreelyO Civil Rights Act of 1875-prohibited racial

discrimination in public accommodations but…O Panic of 1873- Depression turn towards Dems.

O KKKO Force Act of 1870- Felony to

interfere with right to vote- army or susp. W.of H.C.

O Mississippi Plan-Dems. 1875 violence to carry state election- and win

O Election of 1876O Compromise of 1877

O Withdraw troops in south- Rep. govts collapse

O South Redeemed= “Redeemers”O Recognize Dem. State govts.O Recognize Hayes as PresidentO Respect African American rights